Martha Ffion
Prince Albert, Trafalgar Street, Brighton, Fri, Feb 26, 8pm, £6, 01273 606312
FRESH from releasing her debut single So Long, Glasgow-based singer-songwriter Martha Ffion combines the classic 1960s harmonies of The Shangri-Las and The Everly Brothers with a dream pop sheen.
Hinds
Patterns, Marine Parade, Brighton, Fri, Feb 26, 7pm, £10, 01273 606312
REPRESENTING Madrid’s burgeoning garage-rock scene, the critically acclaimed Hinds play tracks from new album Leave Me Alone.
Gilad Atzmon And The Orient House Ensemble
Ropetackle Arts Centre, Little High Street, Shoreham, Fri, Feb 26, 8pm, £15, 01273 464440
THE Orient House Ensemble has been touring for nearly 15 years, with saxophonist and political campaigner Gilad Atzmon at their head.
This tour, featuring pianist Frank Harrison, bassist Yaron Stavi and drummer Chris Higginbottom, is in support of new album The Whistleblower.
Steve Mason
Resident, Kensington Gardens, Brighton, Fri, Feb 26, 6.30pm, two free tickets with each preorder, 01273 606312
FORMER Beta Band frontman Steve Mason is coming back to his new adopted home after playing a show at Concorde 2 earlier this month. A pair of tickets are available to anyone who preorders his new album Meet The Humans at the record shop.
Little Way Festival
One Church, Gloucester Place, Brighton, Sat, Feb 27, noon to 11pm, £15 in advance, £20 on the door, www.littleway.co.uk
THE inaugural “simple music festival” is headlined by Bristol’s Rozi Plain, with sets from Modern Studies, Adam Stafford, Kristin McClement, Banu, Philippe Nash, Marcus Hamblett and more.
Expect a mix of visual art, food, drink and conversation.
Sundara Karma
Patterns, Marine Parade, Brighton, Sat, Feb 27, 7pm, £8, 01273 606312
THE Reading teenage schoolfriends have been making waves with their brand of sun-kissed indie pop with latest BBC Radio 1-playlisted single Loveblood. In a relatively short time they have already supported the likes of Swim Deep, Darlia and Circa Waves.
Support from Beach Baby and Blaenavon.
UK Ramones
Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar, Middle Street, Brighton, Sat, Feb 27, 8pm, £11.50, 01273 606312
WITH all four of the original Ramones now sadly playing the great gig in the sky, it is down to the tribute bands to keep the live flame going. Expect to hear the best of the former CBGBs residents whose three-chord thrash influenced the world.
Boy And Bear
The Haunt, Pool Valley, Brighton, Sun, Feb 28, 7pm, £13.50, 01273 606312
AUSTRALIAN chart-toppers Boy And Bear are in the UK playing a handful of dates in support of latest album Limit Of Love, the follow-up to 2014’s Harlequin Dream.
This new album was recorded with regular Ryan Adams collaborator Ethan Johns at the controls in a back-to-basics straight to tape style.
Classic Album Sundays
Dead Wax Social, Bond Street, Brighton, Sun, Feb 28, 3pm, £8, classicalbumsundays.com/
TAKING on a new home, Classic Album Sundays marks the tenth anniversary of J Dilla’s final release, Donuts, unleashed three days before its creator’s untimely death from an uncurable blood disease at the age of 32.
In the ensuing decade the 31-track album, which will be introduced by James Meadows and Rod ‘Spin Doctor’ Gilmore, has become regarded as a classic. The majority of tracks were recorded while Dilla was in hospital using a sampler and 45 record player.
Lucy Spraggan
The Old Market, Upper Market Street, Hove, Mon, Feb 29, 7pm, £12, 01273 201801
LIVING proof you don’t have to get in the top five of X Factor to establish a music career, Lucy Spraggan was the first contestant in the show’s history to score a top 40 single and album before the live shows even aired.
This tour is in support of the Brighton-based singer’s third album, We Are, which was released last May.
White
Green Door Store, Trafalgar Arches, Brighton, Tues, March 1, 7pm, £7, 01273 606312
GLASGOW five-piece White have already been picked up by Annie Mac and Huw Stephens on BBC Radio 1, Zane Lowe and Elton John on Beats Music, and played alongside Mumford And Sons at their Gentlemen Of The Road festival in Aviemore. Following a storming set at The Great Escape, The Guardian’s Paul Lester compared their artpop sound to fellow Scots Franz Ferdinand and The Associates.
Bill Ryder Jones
Green Door Store, Trafalgar Arches, Brighton, Wed, March 2, 7pm, £8, 01273 606312
THE one-time Coral guitarist is fast making a name for himself as a solo artist on the back of three albums investigating the world of folk rock and classical orchestration. His latest is the critically lauded West Kirby County Primary.
Kev Minney
Komedia Studio, Gardner Street, Brighton, Wed, March 2, 7.30pm, £6, 0845 2938480
BRIGHTON-BASED guitarist Kev Minney launches his new EP All You Need.
Support from De La Rose & Will McNicol and Chris Woods Groove.
Dreadzone
Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, Brighton, Thurs, March 3, 7.30pm, £16, 01273 673311
THE electro-dub pioneers are always a Brighton favourite – having built up a strong live following over more than two decades. This show is in support of their recently re-released 2001 album Sound.
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